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Next Chapter > You’ve lived in the city outskirts your whole life; maybe you’re a bit bored, but have a passion for speed. What do you do? If you’re Joosep Järv from Estonia, you build yourself a badass Volkswagen Beetle drag machine. Joosep’s inspiration for this build came about after seeing Finnish drag racer Jussi Nurmi blast 10-second quarter-mile passes in his naturally aspirated Type 1. After this, the idea of building a fast VW wouldn’t leave Joosep’s mind, so around a decade ago he bought himself an bare Beetle shell and went to work. ....
Finally tonight the video viewed by millions but their story doesn t end there and we were there for the heart warming next chapter on tonight s above and beyond. phil march s fresh start began with a clean shave and help from officer tony caroleson. just because you re homeless doesn t mean he isn t part of the community. after more than a year living t the a job in a tallahassee mcdonald s. all he had was a broken razor and no mirror. officer carl spotted him and stepped in. i said hey, if you re willing to let me, i m willing to try. touched by their interaction, a passer by filmed the moment. ....
Neither man noticed. soon, thousands of people online were thanking tony and rooting for phil. this is really the majority of what police work does. maybe not given somebody a shave but helping somebody out on a daily basis. now their chance encounter blossomed into something more, today phil got new clothes courtesy of the fire department. i feel 100 times better. all these nice people around me. a fresh cut from the barbershop and together, the men did paperwork so phil can get the i.d. he needs to work. i m excited. i ve been out of work for and once it comes through, mcdonald s says he s hired. if somebody is wanting to help themselves, i think more people out there need to be accepting and willing to help them out. that s a story that should make you feel good and put a smile on your face. we appreciate you spending part of your everyone with us. that is nightly news for this thursday night. i m lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good ....
i received seven gunshot wounds and then grenade shrapnel, fragmentation, all over the entire body from a grenade. ( explosion ) reporter: sergeants major bradley kasal had charged into a building because he heard other trines were trapped inside. there was about a dozen other marines that all rushed to that building. we were all pretty equally committed to make a difference and save those marines inside. reporter: he won t talk about what he did in there. but the citation for the navy cross he received says he threw himself on top of another marine to absorb the blast of a grenade. for the almost two hours that i was inside that room, i knew without a doubt that somehow i would make it out. ( explosion ) i had that much trust and confidence in those other marines that were around me that served with me. reporter: the photo inspired a sculpture by a father who lost his son in iraq. in addition to the navy cross, kasal wears a chest full of medals including two purple hearts ....
golodryga: as america honors our military heroes, we count among them 52-year-old bradley kasal of iowa, who served more than three decades in the marine corps. for his extraordinary heroism in iraq, kasal was awarded the navy cross the second highest award for valor in combat. david martin has the story. d> reporter: if one picture can capture the brotherhood of arms amid the agony of combat, this is it. two young marines hold up their badly wounded first sergeant still clutching his weapon, during brutal house-to-house fighting in the 2004 battle for fallujah. ....